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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post Do No Harm: Applying Medical Ethics to the Way we “Aid” the Third World in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
In looking back at the article written by Teju Cole, The White-Savior Industrial Complex, as well as classroom discussions about medical voluntourism, it struck me that a more sweeping solution may be needed to […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post The Hanging Man: a response to Fortune Telling by Kyra Krasowski in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
Link to Fortune Telling: http://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2017/11/28/fortune-telling/#more-2850
Within each of us, there is another whom we do not know
The above quote by psychologist Carl Jung seems […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post Microaggressions: Death by a Thousand Cuts? in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
I would like to start by saying that I understand this is a controversial topic and that I do not intend to judge or belittle anyone’s experiences. I am curious about how others in the class feel regarding the c […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post Walking into the Sea: Strength in the Face of Death in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
“In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me.
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
While God is marching o […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post Staring into the Abyss – Why Tragedy Brings out the Worst in Us in the group American Studies: 6 years, 4 months ago
It’s easy to be a saint in paradise – Avery Brooks
It is truly disturbing that crisis and tragedy often give rise to the uglier, more animalistic side of human nature. For every tale of heroism in the face of […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post Supporting Sinners: Rooting for Flawed Protagonist in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
It has come to my attention that throughout our readings, we often find ourselves supporting characters that harbor a dark past or some egregious flaw. Be it Frank Money and his quest to find his sister or Elias […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post Killing with Kindness, a response to Integrating Medical Cultures in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
Recently, fellow student and long-time friend of mine, Sunita Singh, wrote a beautiful blog post on the need for communication between the medical establishment and those utilizing traditional recipes as a cure […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post To Protect and Serve in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
In our latest reading of Medical Apartheid, I found myself once again disappointed by the systemic violence against black communities in our recent history; not least of all by our government’s own p […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post To Protect and Serve in the group American Studies: 6 years, 5 months ago
In our latest reading of Medical Apartheid, I found myself once again disappointed by the systemic violence against black communities in our recent history; not least of all by our government’s own participation i […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post From Vice to Virtue: How We Confront Amoral Experimentation in the group American Studies: 6 years, 6 months ago
In reading both Medical Apartheid and Home, readers are confronted with a slew of injustices committed against African-Americans. Perhaps none are as gruesome and distressing as the experimentation in female […]
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Maxwell Costich wrote a new blog post Why I Fear False Prophets in the group American Studies: 6 years, 6 months ago
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance”
In learning more about the disgusting history of racism in America, the above quote by George Bernard Shaw springs to mind. Considering the […]
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Maxwell Costich joined the group American Studies 6 years, 6 months ago
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Maxwell Costich became a registered member 6 years, 7 months ago